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At 9:45 p.m. May 4, 2007, an EF5 tornado hit Greensburg, Kansas, destroying the town and killing 12 people. This photo, taken three days later, shows typical damage. (Max McCoy/Kansas Reflector)

At 9:45 p.m. May 4, 2007, an EF5 tornado hit Greensburg, Kansas, destroying the town and killing 12 people. This photo, taken three days later, shows typical damage. (Max McCoy/Kansas Reflector)

OPINION: No 24-hour National Weather Service in Goodland, Kansas? We’ll all pay, one way or another

Bad weather doesn’t keep business hours.Of the top 10 tornadoes that have wreaked death and destruction in Kansas, most came near or after dark, according to the National Weather Service. The Udall tornado of 1955 struck at 10:15 pm and killed 80, making it the deadliest twister in state history.
Prairie Doc Perspective

Prairie Doc Perspective

Prairie Doc Perspective

The start of summer b r ings a sense of excitement for many teens. Take a moment to reflect back to your teen years. As we reminisce, we can likely all say that our adolescent years were a unique and informative time of our life.

...Yesteryears

70 YearsJune 02, 1955 Vol. 70, No. 33Bryant Holmes, Publisher Bess Holmes, Asst Pub/EdTwins― Mr. and Mrs. Joe Zellner are the proud parents of twins, a boy and a girl, born at Scott City hospital on May 20th. They are named Mary Nell, and Garry Dale. Mr. and Mrs. Anton Baker, and Mrs.

Pride Goes Before a Fall

Down in the grave mighty leaders will mockingly welcome Egypt and its allies, saying, “They have come down; they lie among the outcasts, all victims of the sword.”Ezekiel 32:21 (NLT) At one time, Egypt was the Big Man on Campus.
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“I am concerned your symptoms are due to Parkinson’s disease,” is something I have said to numerous patients over the years. This is a degenerative neurologic disease which is common enough that most patients have heard of it or even know someone living with it.

Love Knows No Limits

“ This is my commandment: love one another as I love you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” (John 15:12-13).There is no greater way to love than to give your life for your friends.

There Are No Secrets!

…Is it nothing to the people of Judah that they commit these terrible sins, leading the whole nation into violence, thumbing their noses at me, and rousing my fury against them?Ezekiel 8:17 (New Living Translation) Have you ever heard the saying, “Little pitchers have big ears!
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Mrs. B came into the emergency room one night, years ago, with some stressrelated issue. After taking her history, I began to suspect there was something else bothering her.